NCBA Group Quality Assurance Analyst Jobs in Kenya
Job Purpose Statement
This is a technical role that is responsible for the testing, evaluating and approving of quality,
functional and non-functional, requirements for new and existing software. The role holder will be responsible for developing and executing exploratory and automated tests to ensure product quality. The position requires proven working experience in Testing Development and hand-on Software Development Lifecycle and Software Testing Lifecycle experience.
This is a role that requires excellent interpersonal skills, the ability to work as part of an agile team, to manage competing priorities and ensure that quality is driven into the heart of the development process from requirements definition through to delivery.
Key Accountabilities (Duties and Responsibilities)
Software QA Processes
The design/analysis, development, delivery and ongoing improvement of all Systems QA processes
Software Testing
Apply knowledge and experience, showing deep understanding of Software Testing Standards to assist business and product teams develop products that solve business needs
Governance
Adherence to internal policies and procedures for the development and management of CBA application development process along ITIL and other best practice standards.
Support, maintain and audit existing service lifecycle artefacts, to agreed SLAs.
Stakeholder Management
Effective management of relationships and protocols with other technical platform owners and internal business owners
Continuous Improvement
Advise internal customers on technology improvements that will ensure realization and maximization of business objectives
Team leadership
Provides effective leadership to the Applications Development Team by giving continuous support and guidance which translates into a conducive working environment and employee satisfaction. This includes identifying and facilitating the achievement of personal
development initiatives that will grow the team’s knowledge and skills.
Ideal Job Specifications
A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field. A Master’s degree in Technology or Business-related course is an added advantage
Minimum 3 years’ experience in IT systems development within a large highly digitized organization designing, implementing and managing mission critical systems, with at least 2 of those years within software testing
Experience in writing, executing and monitoring automated test suites using a variety
of technologies such as Cucumber, Concordion, Selenium, Appium, Robotium, SoapUI, Jmeter
Certification and experience implementing best practice frameworks e.g. ITIL, PRINCE2
Hands on experience in software development with major languages Java, Kotlin, C++, C# and practical experience using relation RDBMS e.g. Oracle and MS SQL etc.
Strong understanding of SOA lifecycle, Integration patterns and standard methodologies.
Knowledge of Linux/Unix commands and SQL will be required.
Deep understanding of industry standard formats and protocols (JMS, SOAP, XML /XPath /XQuery, REST and JSON)
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
A good knowledge of the systems and processes within Financial Services industry
Issue/bug tracking tools e.g. JIRA
Use of continuous integration tools e.g. Gitlab CI/Jenkins
Testing Automation
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; NCBA Group Quality Assurance Analyst Jobs in Kenya
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